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The most common Linux fonts

The most common fonts reported on Linux systems is the cursive font URW Chancery L at practically 100% frequency. Serif font Century Schoolbook L, geometric sans serif URW Gothic L are joint second place. Serif fonts URW Bookman L and URW Palladio L complete the five most common fonts on Linux at 98% frequency.

Most common fonts on Linux systems to 17 December 2011
Font name	Installed (%)	Stack	Image
URW Chancery L	99.52%	Stack	Image
Century Schoolbook L	99.28%	Stack	Image
URW Gothic L	99.28%	Stack	Image
URW Bookman L	98.81%	Stack	Image
Nimbus Sans L	98.57%	Stack	Image
URW Palladio L	98.57%	Stack	Image
Nimbus Mono L	98.33%	Stack	Image
Nimbus Roman No9 L	98.33%	Stack	Image
DejaVu Sans	97.37%	Stack	Image
DejaVu Sans Mono	97.37%	Stack	Image
DejaVu Serif	97.37%	Stack	Image
DejaVu Sans Light	94.94%	Stack	None
Bitstream Charter	92.36%	Stack	Image
DejaVu Sans Condensed	91.17%	Stack	None
DejaVu Serif Condensed	91.17%	Stack	None
Liberation Mono	86.63%	Stack	None
Liberation Serif	86.63%	Stack	None
Liberation Sans	86.16%	Stack	None
Courier 10 Pitch	85.12%	Stack	None
FreeSans	84.01%	Stack	Image
FreeMono	83.29%	Stack	Image
FreeSerif	83.29%	Stack	Image
UnDotum	73.03%	Stack	None
Verdana	70.41%	Stack	None
Georgia	69.45%	Stack	None
Arial	69.21%	Stack	Image
Times New Roman	69.21%	Stack	None
Arial Black	68.74%	Stack	None
Courier New	68.74%	Stack	None
Impact	68.74%	Stack	None
Lohit Bengali	68.54%	Stack	None
UnBatang	68.54%	Stack	None
Waree	68.54%	Stack	None
Trebuchet MS	68.50%	Stack	None
Comic Sans MS	68.02%	Stack	None
Lohit Gujarati	67.98%	Stack	None
Lohit Tamil	67.98%	Stack	None
Andale Mono	67.54%	Stack	None
Lohit Punjabi	67.42%	Stack	None
Ubuntu	67.15%	Stack	None

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